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Chapter 4: Talking with Thalia, Learning more

"Well then Thalia Grace, I'm Vincent Brooks and it's nice to meet you." said Vincent.

"It's nice to meet you too Vincent, in fact it's nice to meet anyone in this place." said Thalia.

"Yeah this place is kind of depressing. How did you get here anyway?" asked Vincent.

"I was trying to get to Camp-Half Blood with my friends Grover, Luke, and Annabeth but we were being chased by Cyclopses and I decided to stay back and hold them off so the orders could get to camp. After that I only remember a bolt of lightning hitting me before I died and sending me here." said Thalia.

"Hmmm, Thalia your father wouldn't happen to be Zeus would it?" asked Vincent.

"Yeah he's my dad why? And who is your godly parent?" asked Thalia.

"I don't know who my godly parent is other than they're my mother and I think your dad sent you here in order to keep you from dying, I don't think Zeus would want his daughter in his brother's hands. Especially when he has bad blood with his brother." said Vincent.

"I don't mind that my father kept me from going to Hades but I hate that I'm pretty much in camp with my friends but I can't talk or interact with them. I'm here but I'm not here at the same time, I have to watch as my friends blame themselves for what happened to me and I can't do anything to let them know that it wasn't their fault." said Thalia as she balled up her fists at the feeling of being useless.

Vincent sat there silently in thought, wondering if there was something he could do. "Hmmm, I wonder if the Darkness can free her from this place." Vincent thought to himself.

"I CaN, LImbO Is a PLAce WheRE I am LAw anD by ExtEnsIOn so aRe YoU. WE caN rEmoVe heR fROm ThiS pLacE aNd REstorE heR, but wE ARe nOt stRong ENOugh YEt we NEed moRE heARts!" said the Darkness in Vincent's mind.

"Really?" asked Vincent.

"YeS, wHen We cONsumeD tHaT MOnster'S HeaRT Our STrengTH gREw and WE BecaME sTRonger IN boTH BoDy aND POweR!" said the Darkness.

"I see." thought Vincent.

"Vincent. Vincent! VINCENT!" yelled Thalia.

"Huh? Oh I'm sorry Thalia I was deep in thought." said Vincent.

"I'll say, you spaced out on me and then your legs started to fade away." said Thalia.

Vincent you looked down and saw that his legs were a little faded but were solid again now. "Hmmm, it seems that in order to stay in limbo I need to be focused at least somewhat on being here." Vincent thought to himself.

"Thalia, I think I can get you out of here." said Vincent as Thalia's eyes went wide.

"Really, you think so?" asked Thalia with hope in her eyes.

"Well not right now as I'm not strong enough to free you yet, but give me a bit of time and I'll be able to do it." said Vincent.

"Alright but please try to hurry I don't want to be here anymore, oh and also why are you wearing a mask?" asked Thalia.

"You know you're actually the first person to ask me that since I got to camp, but to answer your question

I wear this mask because I like it and it helps keep fangirls away, I still have them but trust me I had a lot more before the mask." said Vincent.

"I'll just take your word for it." said Thalia. After that Thalia and Vincent spent some time just getting to know each other and soon became friends. It's actually been about two hours and now Vincent's legs are starting to fade even though he isn't distracted.

"I guess someone found me and is trying to wake me, I have to go for now Thalia but I'll come back and visit you every now and then while I work on getting you out of here." said Vincent as more of his body started to fade away.

"I'll hold you to that Vincent, see you next time." said Thalia.

OUT OF LIMBO

After Vincent fully faded away he found himself being shook by Silena while pretty much the whole camp was gathered around him.

"Silena, you can stop shaking me now." said Vincent as Silena finally stopped shaking him.

"Sorry but you've just been standing their with your hand on the tree for so long without moving that we got worried about you." said Silena.

"Oh, well I'm fine I was just talking to Thalia." said Vincent but this also caused everyone to pause.

"Vincent, how did you know that name?" asked Chiron.

"I just said that I was talking to Thalia, do you really think I would say that if she didn't tell me her name?" asked Vincent with a deadpan look. It was then that Luke and a girl walked up to Vincent. The girl had

lightly tanned skin, light gray eyes, and blonde hair done in princess curls. She wore the Camp-Half Blood T-shirt, jeans, and white sneakers. This Girl was Annabeth Chase, a friend of Thalia's that Vincent was told about.

"Thalia is dead, the only way for you to talk to her is if you were-" Luke said with an edge to his voice before he was interrupted.

"She isn't dead, at least not fully, she's stuck in limbo. As for the only I could talk to her, I'm not his son since my godly parent is my mother." said Vincent.

"If that's the case then how were you able to talk to her?" asked a shocked Annabeth.

"...Let's just say that I'm talented and leave it at that for now." said Vincent as he didn't feel comfortable telling everyone about the Darkness.

"Is there a way to help her?" asked Annabeth.

"I might have a way to free her but it won't be ready for a while." said Vincent before Annabeth got really close to him with big hopeful eyes. Vincent had to lean back from how close she was.

"Really! Can you really free her!?" asked Annabeth.

"I believe so but like I said it will take time." said Vincent

"How much time?" asked Luke with conflict in his voice if he should really allow Thalia to be brought out of the tree or not as she might interfere with his plans.

Vincent noticed the conflict in his voice but decided to leave it be for now. "I don't know, she's half dead so it's not just bringing her soul out of limbo that I have to worry about but also restoring her body so that

she doesn't die as soon as she's out. I have the ability to do both but not the pure power needed." said Vincent.

This shocked everyone as the couldn't believe that he had the ability to pull souls out of limbo and restore people's bodies, now they really wanted to know who his godly parent was. Well all of them but Chiron as he already knew that it wasn't his godly parent that gave him these powers, he would have told Mr. D about there being a new host but he was currently on Olympus.

"Vincent you've had long day, why don't go back to the med tent and rest while I bring you some food and talk to you about all of this." said Chiron. Vincent just nodded and went back to the tent while everyone else went back to what they were doing before.

IN THE MED TENT

We find Vincent eating a sub as Chiron paced back and forth. "Man Chiron needs to calm down." Vincent thought to himself.

"Vincent you mustn't use your powers so openly, the children aren't ready to know about the Darkness." said Chiron.

"What, I didn't use my powers openly, I didn't know I could enter limbo until I touched Thalia's tree and was just sucked in. I've only been the Darkness Host for a few days Chiron, excuse me for not having this down to an exact science." said Vincent.

"You must try and control it Vincent, it must not corrupt you and the children must not know of it!" said Chiron.

Vincent did not like Chiron's tone but then realized that he was letting his hate for the Darkness get to him and letting his love for the campers dictate his actions. Vincent could kind of understand where Chiron was coming from so he took a deep breath before responding.

"Chiron I know you hate the Darkness but you need to understand that every host that thought that they could control the Darkness, that they were its master, were all destroyed by its power. You need to realized that the Darkness has been around since Chaos and is just as strong, the only real difference I can see between the two is that Lady Chaos doesn't get involved with our world while the Darkness does." said Vincent.

Chiron had to concede to Vincent's point. While he did hate the Darkness he didn't want this young demigod to die just so he could have peace of mind, plus he once saw just how a host would die from the Darkness's power and it was not pretty.

"Another thing Chiron is that I know you care deeply for the campers but they're demigods, you train them to fight monsters so you can't coddle them from what is out in the world. I won't tell them right away about the Darkness as I'm not comfortable with it yet but if I find myself in a situation where I need to use the Darkness then I will." said Vincent.

Chiron just shook his head figuring that this was the best he could get from Vincent and left the tent. As soon as he left Drac popped out of Vincent's shadow.

"Well Monkey it seems you had an interesting day." said Drac.

"I did as I found out that I can go to limbo myself and also drag people in and out of limbo." said Vincent.

"Oh you can do so much more than just that Monkey, you've barely scratched the surface of what you can do as the host." said Drac with a grin.

"I'm guessing that you're not going to tell me everything I can do are you?" asked Vincent.

"Of course not Monkey, where would the fun be in that, HAHAHAHA?" asked Drac as he laughed.

Vincent shook his head at Drac as he should have known Drac would say something like that. It was then that Vincent wondered about something that was bothering him. If the Darkness was as bad as Chiron made it out to be then wouldn't Chaos be trying to kill it, especially since only Chaos seemed to be strong enough to do it on her own. That was when it hit Vincent like a building falling on his head.

"The Darkness is just as old as Chaos, just as strong, and yet Chaos does nothing about it. OH MY FUCKING GOD….THEIR A THING!" Vincent thought to himself in alarm then quickly turned to Drac. "Drac, are the Darkness and Chaos a thing?" asked Vincent almost unsure if he really wanted to know.

"HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA, well done Monkey you're actually the first being ever to figure it out! You see they are actually husband and wife, that story I told you in the beginning was true but it was just a lovers' spat. They couldn't decide what to do with this universe as the Darkness wanted to keep it dark while Chaos wanted to bring light to it, she brought the light and they had an argument that led to how things are now." said Drac.

"So I'm the host to Chaos's husband!?" asked Vincent greatly alarmed by this.

"Only a small piece, if you were the host to the whole Darkness it would have destroyed you in a second. You could never handle all of the Darkness's power." said Drac.

"Wait you said a small piece, does that mean that the rest is still with Chaos?" asked Vincent.

"Of course, they had a fight, all couples fight. They're almost like Zeus and Hera with the difference being that the Darkness doesn't cheat on Chaos." said Drac.

For some reason Vincent really didn't like that comparison and felt really angry at Zeus. He had no idea why though, sure Zeus did some dick things in the past but so did Hera yet he wasn't mad at her. He decided not to think about it as it wasn't important right now. He looked over at Percy who still hadn't woken up yet.

"Man he's been asleep the whole day, I hope he's okay." said Vincent.

"Oh I'm sure he's fine Monkey, he's just not as sturdy as you, plus seeing your mother kidnapped in front of you is bound to cause mental trauma." said Drac.

"Wait, kidnapped, are you telling me that his mom isn't dead?" asked Vincent.

"Well yeah, don't you remember that she turned into gold dust? You humans don't turn to dust until years have passed and you've fully decomposed, no that woman was taken and most likely by a God." said Drac.

Vincent decided then and there that he would think about all of this later, not to mention tell Percy that his mother isn't dead whenever he wakes up. Vincent left the tent and went over to Hermes Cabin in order to get some rest, he felt that his life from now on would only give him gray hair but he hit age 20. When he reached the cabin he found an open spot on the floor and couldn't help but think that either Hermes really need to learn to use a condom or the other Gods really needed to start claiming their kids more often.

Alright everyone that was chapter 4 of Demigod Host, I hope you enjoyed it.

harem

Thalia, Silena, Clarisse, Aphrodite, Artemis, Medusa, Arachne, Rhea, Athena, Zoe

I would like to say sorry to all the Thalia fans as she was always in the harem but I just forgot to put her name on the list in the last chapter. Anyways remember to fav, follow, and Review! I'll see you next time and remember to listen for when the Dragon Roars!